The Sensemakers Club is a community-powered education space where curious people come to grow without performing or pretending to have it all figured out.
Are you a sensemaker?
A sensemaker is someone who helps people understand complex, messy, or ambiguous situations and turn that understanding into better decisions and action.
It’s not a job title.
It’s a role someone plays when clarity is needed. Some people make sense for a season, and some of us are professionals and hobbyists.
You might be a sensemaker if you...
- Translate between teams
- Fix structural issues no one else sees
- Clock patterns others don’t
- Care deeply about clarity and inclusion
- Question what’s next
- Maintain systems that prevent chaos
- Document what others skip
This week at the club
We are on our end of season break this week! No sessions are scheduled. Season 2 starts next week!
Browse our discussion groups or check out our full calendar.
2 PM ET Moving Through Fear
Hosted by Sahar Chung & Erin White
Explore where fear comes from and build the muscle memory to move through it by listening to your gut, naming what matters most, and finding your courage.
2 PM ET Making Sense of the Future
Hosted by Mohammad Khan
An interactive workshop that utilizes constraint-driven fiction to uncover professional blind spots and develop actionable strategies for shaping the future we desire.
3 PM ET Premium Sensemaking Lab
Hosted by Abby Covert
A monthly session for Premium members to collaboratively share and refine their work in a supportive environment.
12 PM ET Making Sense of Yourself Peer Match
Hosted by Jessica Anderson
A peer-matching session for the “Making Sense of Yourself” (MSOY) program, connecting members for one-on-one conversation and idea exchange.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Neurodiversity & Inclusion
Hosted by Maring Eberlein & Sammy Voelkel
A supportive gathering for neurodiverse individuals to share experiences and enhance their neuroinclusion toolkit in a safe environment.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Facilitation
Hosted by Chloe Westman & Lea Rouhiain
A vibrant group exploring the various perspectives and contexts of effective facilitation.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Language
Hosted by Clair Rock & Emily Nimsakont
A supportive group focused on skill-sharing and fostering inclusive language practices to enhance communication and create a safe space for difficult questions.
What’s going on?
Week of October 19, 2026
Abby Covert
Chief Sensemaker
Last week the club met for five sessions: Making Sense of Change started with Milton Glaser’s advice that “some people are toxic, avoid them” and asked what that means as we go through change; the Ethics Open Mic had members asking what it means to build ethical AI when ethics depend so much on context; Shitty Maps DoJoe worked through a series of timed mapping prompts, from a disagreement with someone close to you to how you think about your own thinking; Systems Lab worked on breaking a big goal into sub goals, tasks, dependencies and guardrails; and Collaborative Sensemaking looked closely at the “central negative,” the team member who pushes back, and asked whether groups treat that pushback as signal or noise.
Themes from last week:
- The difficult one might be the one pulling back the curtain
- Knowing what you know, and trying to play all the roles
- One word can upend everything
SPECIAL EVENT
October 30
1 to 4 PM ET
Makesensemess
Makesensemess is an annual (virtual) celebration of sensemaking that started in 2021. It is celebrated every November and includes an annual keynote from Abby Covert as well as a selected group of Brave Sensemakers telling true tales of messes past, present and future.
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